Big Sky this August

denovo wrote:

Thanks so much, Chuck and Joel & even Wolfgang ;-)

You're welcome.

I promise to get
off my a** and hit the Smokies late this fall. I'm curious Wolfgang -
where in Tennessee did you fish and for **what**?

Not to speak for Wolfgang (I'm sure he'll be along shortly), but one
place I know he fished in Tennessee was on the Little River in and above
the Elkmont campground on the TN side of the GSMNP. And he was fishing
for wild rainbows (most of the browns are a bit lower on the river and
the brookies are at higher elevations).

I know because I was camping there at the time. :-) In my previous
post I alluded to you taking advantage of those waters while living in
Nashville, and that's because I just finished driving over 2K miles
roundtrip from Austin, TX to the park so I could camp for 6 days.

And Wolfgang drove from somewhere up in South
Canuckistan/Cheeselandia to get there.


Chuck Vance (so we have little sympathy for someone who can make
it to the park in 3-4 hours :-)

"denovo" wrote in message
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...I'm curious Wolfgang -
where in Tennessee did you fish

Little River, in the Smokies.

and for **what**?

Trout.

Wolfgang

On Jun 20, 10:49 am, Conan The Librarian wrote:
denovo wrote:
Thanks so much, Chuck and Joel & even Wolfgang ;-)

You're welcome.

I promise to get
off my a** and hit the Smokies late this fall. I'm curious Wolfgang -
where in Tennessee did you fish and for **what**?

Not to speak for Wolfgang (I'm sure he'll be along shortly), but one
place I know he fished in Tennessee was on the Little River in and above
the Elkmont campground on the TN side of the GSMNP. And he was fishing
for wild rainbows (most of the browns are a bit lower on the river and
the brookies are at higher elevations).

I know because I was camping there at the time. :-) In my previous
post I alluded to you taking advantage of those waters while living in
Nashville, and that's because I just finished driving over 2K miles
roundtrip from Austin, TX to the park so I could camp for 6 days.


Dang...my hero...

And Wolfgang drove from somewhere up in South
Canuckistan/Cheeselandia to get there.

Yikes...sounds like the makings of Worat...

"I come here in peace - to fieesh..."

Chuck Vance (so we have little sympathy for someone who can make
it to the park in 3-4 hours :-)

I totally understand...But if wishes were dollars (or fishes for that
matter)...

Charles

On Jun 19, 12:28 pm, Charles A wrote:

I'm a novice and my family and I have an opportunity to go to Big
Sky,MT this August. Any suggestions on when would be better ie. early/
mid/late August? I love fishing for trout. Used to do quite a bit in
New York state. Since moving to Tenness


The situation here (in Montana) is not good.
The fishing right now (today, for instance) is as good as
it ever gets. But it shouldn't be. On June 20th the Yellowstone
should be flooding, raging and unfishable. Instead it's cool (still)
but low and clear, and the Salmon Flies are hatching 2-3 weeks
early. By August the guides will have to put roller skates on
the bottoms of their driftboats. High altitude hike-ins will be
all that's left..........if the whole state isn't in flames.
This could be a bad fire year.

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:52:57 -0000, salmobytes
wrote:

On Jun 19, 12:28 pm, Charles A wrote:

I'm a novice and my family and I have an opportunity to go to Big
Sky,MT this August. Any suggestions on when would be better ie. early/
mid/late August? I love fishing for trout. Used to do quite a bit in
New York state. Since moving to Tenness


The situation here (in Montana) is not good.
The fishing right now (today, for instance) is as good as
it ever gets. But it shouldn't be. On June 20th the Yellowstone
should be flooding, raging and unfishable. Instead it's cool (still)
but low and clear, and the Salmon Flies are hatching 2-3 weeks
early. By August the guides will have to put roller skates on
the bottoms of their driftboats. High altitude hike-ins will be
all that's left..........if the whole state isn't in flames.
This could be a bad fire year.



Well, it seemed as if half of it burned last year, might as well
finish the job.

As a midwesterner I'm used to droughts that last a year or two. The
decades long things you guys experience out west are a climactic
incognita for me.
OTOH, I hear that eastern Montana is actually wet this year. I'm sure
the rattlesnakes appreciate the extra cover. ;^).

g.c.

George Cleveland wrote:
OTOH, I hear that eastern Montana is actually wet this year. I'm sure
the rattlesnakes appreciate the extra cover. ;^).

The Crow Reservation got 5" of rain in an afternoon a week or
so back. The Little Big Horn flooded a lot of floors.
But moisture from rain dries up quickly around here.
We rely on all-summer-long snow melt to keep the rivers up.
And the snow pack is dismal.




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On Jun 21, 2:52 pm, salmobytes wrote:
On Jun 19, 12:28 pm, Charles A wrote:

I'm a novice and my family and I have an opportunity to go to Big
Sky,MT this August. Any suggestions on when would be better ie. early/
mid/late August? I love fishing for trout. Used to do quite a bit in
New York state. Since moving to Tenness

The situation here (in Montana) is not good.
The fishing right now (today, for instance) is as good as
it ever gets. But it shouldn't be. On June 20th the Yellowstone
should be flooding, raging and unfishable. Instead it's cool (still)
but low and clear, and the Salmon Flies are hatching 2-3 weeks
early. By August the guides will have to put roller skates on
the bottoms of their driftboats. High altitude hike-ins will be
all that's left..........if the whole state isn't in flames.
This could be a bad fire year.


Not good...Not good at all...